Trinuclear and tetranuclear adduct formation between sodium perchlorate and copper(II) complexes of salicylaldimine type ligands: structural characterization and theoretical investigation

Biswas, S., Naiya, S., Drew, M. G. B., Estarellas, C., Frontera, A. and Ghosh, A. (2011) Trinuclear and tetranuclear adduct formation between sodium perchlorate and copper(II) complexes of salicylaldimine type ligands: structural characterization and theoretical investigation. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 366 (1). pp. 219-226. ISSN 0020-1693 doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2010.11.005

Abstract/Summary

The synthesis of two new sodium perchlorate adducts (1:2 and 1:3) with copper(II) "ligand-complexes'' is reported. One adduct is trinuclear [(CuL(1))(2)NaClO(4)] (1) and the other is tetranuclear [(CuL(2))(3)Na]ClO(4)center dot EtOH (2). The ligands are the tetradentate di-Schiff base of 1,3-propanediamines and salicylaldehyde (H(2)L(1)) or 2-hydroxyacetophenone (H(2)L(2)). Both complexes have been characterized by X-ray single crystal structure analyses. In both structures, the sodium cation has a six-coordinate distorted octahedral environment being bonded to four oxygen atoms from two Schiff-base complexes in addition to a chelated perchlorate anion in 1 and to six oxygen atoms from three Schiff-base complexes in 2. We have carried out a DFT theoretical study (RI-B97-D/def2-SVP level of theory) to compute and compare the formation energies of 1:2 and 1:3 adducts. The DFT study reveals that the latter is more stabilized than the former. The X-ray crystal structure of 1 shows that the packing of the trinuclear unit is controlled by unconventional C-H center dot center dot center dot O H-bonds and Cu(2+)-pi non-covalent interactions. These interactions explain the formation of 1 which is a priori disfavored with respect to 2.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Publisher	Elsevier
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